A crash between a crossover SUV and a motorcycle in front of Voyager RV on Highway 97 in Lake Country, Friday, March 11, 2016. Credit: Global Okanagan (with permission) Photographer: Adam Proskiw

Lake Country crash sends motorcyclist to hospital

LAKE COUNTRY – A crash between a crossover SUV and a motorcycle Friday afternoon on Highway 97 in Lake Country sent the motorcyclist to hospital.

RCMP say at about 1:22 p.m., March 11, the driver of a Ford Edge was making a left into Voyager RV near Beaver Lake Road when a southbound motorcycle hit the rear passenger side of the SUV.

The man on the bike, a 48-year-old from Lumby, was taken to hospital in stable condition with non-life threatening lower body injuries, according to a RCMP media release.

The 73-year-old driver of the Edge wasn’t hurt and was charged with failing to yield on a left turn.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, and hasn’t talked to the police yet, is asked to call the Lake Country RCMP detachment at 250-766-2288.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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